Bryan R. Ricapito
Partner Corporate & Finance
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Overview
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Experience
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Legal 500 US 2019“Strength in advising sponsor-side clients on fund formation matters”
Bryan Ricapito advises the sponsors of a wide range of private investment funds, including private equity, venture capital (including many new and emerging managers), small business investment companies (SBICs), credit and hedge funds. Bryan has acted as the lead lawyer in the sponsor-side formation and negotiation of more than US$20 billion in private fund commitments across dozens of jurisdictions, including numerous managed accounts and co-investments.
Bryan has also completed several billion dollars of investor-side transactions for corporate, endowment and sovereign wealth investors including complex secondaries, GP restructurings, separate account structures, and large anchor/strategic fund investments.
Bryan has deep experience in several industry sectors including technology, sports and entertainment, energy and renewable energy, cryptocurrency, real estate, and healthcare.
Bryan counsels clients on all aspects of global investment fund structuring, joint-ventures, and similar strategic relationships, including fund administration, management company buy-ins, employee and partner compensation issues, and regulatory compliance with, among other regulatory regimes, the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Bryan also has extensive experience in managing SEC-related examinations, investigations, and lawsuits regarding private fund sponsors.
As a general matter Bryan leverages his MBA, broad previous corporate experience before becoming an attorney, and 16 years of private fund experience to take a highly commercial, versus purely legal, approach to assisting his clients.
Legal 500 US 2019“Strength in advising sponsor-side clients on fund formation matters”
Representative experience
Represented dozens of venture capital funds and emerging managers in their formation (including managing their departures from their former employers).
Represented numerous SBIC funds in their formation and ongoing regulatory compliance.
Represented numerous sports and entertainment fund and fundless sponsors in connection with NBA, MLS, NFL and other league and related investments.
Represented Riverstone Holdings and some of its spinoffs in connection with the formation of their energy funds.
Represented ACON Investments in connection with the formation of its recent Latin America and middle-market buyout fund as well as several other sponsors of Latin America and Caribbean-focused funds.
Represented Alpine Investors in connection with the formation of a recent U.S. buyout fund.
Represents Summit Peak Investments in the formation of its private funds, including funds of funds and co-invest entities as well as secondaries transactions.
Represented a large global asset manager in the formation of a US$300m China-focused private equity fund in the renewable energy space.
Represents numerous hedge funds, including a New York-based hedge fund manager in connection with their flagship US$3bn fund.
Represented several cryptocurrency funds in their formation across various international jurisdictions.
Represented numerous U.S. state and non-U.S. foreign sovereign entities in over US$5bn in private fund investments, including numerous separately managed accounts and co-investment vehicles.
Represented numerous Fortune 500 corporate investors in connection with their investments into private funds and related strategic relationships.
Represented numerous large corporate sponsors in connection with their internal private fund offerings.
Credentials
- J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, cum laude, 2006
- M.B.A., Babson College, cum laude, 2001
- B.A., University of Rhode Island, 1993
- District of Columbia
- Virginia